1.1.2 Types of innovation

Innovation varies in scope, time for completion and organisational and societal impact. Categorisation of any kind usually involves areas of duplication, where the lines between one category and another overlap. We will overview the main types of innovation and simplified classification.

We also need to note that categorising an innovation is not a science and any one innovation can be positioned into different categories by firms.

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